The United Kingdom - A land of cultural diversity?

05.11.2010 …

By English Prof

Hey,

today we first worked again on understanding the end of the text and on seeing how attitudes were very important. Here is what we said about the text:

The tone of the text is funny / ironic / sarcastic. The author makes fun of French stereotypes. People in France are said to speak English very poorly and he confirms it. They are believed not to be efficient / constructive at work and he confirms it too.

Then we continued the class with a video. You can watch it again below:

Here is what we said about the document (presentation, analysis, meaning):

The document is a news report from Skynews, a British channel. The anchorman presents the topic. It's about an experiment to see if / whether British people are patriotic (or not)
The experiment consists in reading people's brains and see if / whether they like or dislike pictures symbolizing Britain today / Britain's cultural diversity.

Additional voc:
- shrimp

HW: re-write the sentences from the text that are mispronounced into correct English + identify the main phonetic problems of French people when they speak English.

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Ambre

11/05/2010 18:24

Pour le 4/11 : Verbe de discours : l-4 suggested l-11 ventured l-17 explained l-20 said -> (complément de manière) clearly l-25 said -> (cdm) in a desperat tone/ in a disheart voice l- said -> (cdm) in a flat voice l-34 said ->in a eureka tone/ he put on a eureka smile. l-38 retorted l-46 confirmed Manière d'agir : L-8 frowned/ laughed/ turned to.. for help/ for support L-27 smile L-27 nodded l-26 was not looking keen l-44 was playing interpreter l-25 were peering at me... l-49 appealed to... l-18 T felt as if I... 5/11 the tone of the texte is funny/ironie/sarcastic. The author makes fun pf French stereotypes. Peple in France are said tp speak English very poorly and he confims it. They are believed not to be efficient/constructive at woek and he confirms it too. Videos : the document is a new report from Skynews, a British chanel. The anchorman present the topic. It's about an experiement to see if/whether British people are pratristie (or not) The experiment consists in reading people's brain and see if/whether theylike or dislike pictures symbilizing britain today/ britain's cultural diversity. Voca : shrimp.

English Prof

11/05/2010 19:04

Thanks Ambre for the update. Be careful though to your spelling. There were MANY spelling mistakes + you forgot to write the Warm up about Quentin's halloween party... bad -> lame / crappy / boring ...